I've often heard we in Cedar Rapids have the lowest auto insurance premiums of any city (over 100K pop.) in the nation.

The gas giveaway was 3 blocks from my home this morning. Un(?)fortunately, I had filled up all our cars just this past weekend. Cars were lined up, two-abreast snaking through the parking lot. (Police had set up barricades to keep the lines in the lot and mostly off the street.) Radio and TV were covering it (including a helicopter for aerial views). Once in line, it was reportedly taking around 45 minutes to get to the pumps.

People are so polite here, the motorist said. "At a 'stop' sign, it's 'You go.'

No, why don't you go?'"

I hate when that happens. It slows everything down. During our rush hour (half an hour each AM & PM), the lines at the 4-way stop signs are many blocks long because of it.

Yeah, I almost got arrested in Huntsville last winter. Not a good place to take Massachusetts driving habits. From anecdotal evidence of other Bay-Staters, I attribute Huntsville's relative safety to better traffic enforcement.

This data is close to useless because it is not normalized into the number accidents per mile driven. Instead, it is provided as the number of years between accidents. The problem is that those who live near big cities typically have much longer commutes and therefore will put on more miles per year - which increases their exposure and absolute probability of having an accident. The traffic density is also higher - which also increases the probability of accidents. In order to have a truly meaningful comparison, one must measure the number of accidents over an equivalent period of exposure (i.e., per mile driven).

Nashville, 23??????????? No way, I had two vehicles totaled in two years. One the other driver ran a red light, "T-boned" me and then backed up and took off. The second my car was parked and a woman got out of her car with the engine running and a kid in the car, the kid put the car in reverse and it hit my car.